World War II

Mr Hugh Arthur Lionel Quest (1938-1941)

  • Date of birth 5 March 1925
  • School Information None
  • Career Information None
  • Date of Death 11 July 1944
  • Cause of Death Died of wounds received in actionDied of wounds received in action
  • Location Caen, France
  • Cemetery Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery XI. E. 9.
  • Rank Private
  • Brand of Service 8th Battlion Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own)
  • Story HUGHARTHURLIONELQUEST38-41

He was born on 5 March 1925 in Barnsley and on leaving the College enlisted with the infantry, fighting in Western Europe. He served in the 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own). He died of wounds received in action near Caen on 11 July 1944, aged just 19. He is buried at Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery near Caen, France and remembered now on the Normandy Memorial.